In conservative Muslim societies like Jordan, rapists can walk free thanks to penal code Article 308, known as the "rape-law".
In April, the unidentified girl was shopping in the northern city of Zarqa when a 19-year-old man kidnapped her, took her to the desert where he had a pitched a tent and raped her for three consecutive days, judicial sources said.
.... Israa Tawalbeh, the country's first woman coroner, sees "nothing wrong in Article 308 as such"....
"Accepting marriage under Article 308 is better than leaving girls to be killed by their parents or relatives," she said. Well yes, there is that. [Mick Hartley] Read more
